SITE Centers (SITC) Competitors

SITE Centers (NYSE:SITC) and Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, SITC or HIW?

SITE Centers has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SITC or HIW?

In the previous week, Highwoods Properties had 14 more articles in the media than SITE Centers. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Highwoods Properties and 1 mentions for SITE Centers. SITE Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Highwoods Properties' score of 0.09 indicating that SITE Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SITE Centers	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Highwoods Properties	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SITC or HIW?

88.7% of SITE Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of SITE Centers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SITC or HIW a better dividend stock?

SITE Centers pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. SITE Centers pays out 51.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Highwoods Properties pays out 163.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is SITC or HIW more profitable?

SITE Centers has a net margin of 43.36% compared to Highwoods Properties' net margin of 15.78%. SITE Centers' return on equity of 11.83% beat Highwoods Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SITE Centers	43.36%	11.83%	5.66%
Highwoods Properties	15.78%	5.44%	2.18%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SITC or HIW?

Highwoods Properties received 359 more outperform votes than SITE Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.83% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave SITE Centers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SITE Centers	Outperform Votes 20 28.57%	Underperform Votes 50 71.43%
Highwoods Properties	Outperform Votes 379 61.83%	Underperform Votes 234 38.17%

Do analysts prefer SITC or HIW?

SITE Centers currently has a consensus target price of $14.25, indicating a potential downside of 0.63%. Highwoods Properties has a consensus target price of $24.75, indicating a potential downside of 5.93%. Given SITE Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SITE Centers is more favorable than Highwoods Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SITE Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Highwoods Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Which has better earnings & valuation, SITC or HIW?

SITE Centers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Highwoods Properties. SITE Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Highwoods Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SITE Centers	$539.46M	5.57	$265.70M	$1.02	14.06
Highwoods Properties	$834M	3.34	$148.71M	$1.22	21.57

Summary

SITE Centers beats Highwoods Properties on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.